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Published 06/29/2009 by DealBook

G.M. Exits Carmaking Venture With Toyota

General Motors said Monday that it was pulling out of its joint venture with Toyota, a longstanding partnership between two of the auto industry's biggest rivals that exposed G.M. to more efficient Japanese manufacturing techniques and produced Toyota's first American-made vehicles.

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